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BHI finds 4th T. rex !
The Black Hills Institute has announced the discovery of their 4th
Tyrannosaurus rex in the last 4 years. Their latest discovery is from
South Dakota and preliminary reports indicate that it is a very large
animal.
Surface analysis revealed a huge cervical vertebrae, several caudal
verts, rib bones, a leg bone, a skull element, and a few teeth.
This T. rex is number 17 for those keeping score at home. If anybody
has any additions or corrections to the following specimen catalogue,
please let me know. Stan (specimen BHI-3033) has recently been upgraded
to over 80% complete from this season's fieldwork. This places Stan as the
second most complete T. Rex ever found(after SUE). Does anybody have info
on the summer fieldwork for the Saskatchewan specimen? I recall the prelim
reports were optimistic for a high percentage of skeletal preservation.
-Paul
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Specimen Catalog for Tyrannosaurus rex
compiled by David A. Burnham and Peter L. Larson
--Black Hills Institute of Geological Research--
updated by contributors to dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu
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SPECIMEN MUSEUM and
# NUMBER DISCOVERER-* YEAR LOCALITY SKELETON SEX **LOCATION
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1 BM-R7994 Brown-p 1900 Wyoming 25% ? (n)BM-London
2 CM-9380 Brown-p 1902 Montana 40% F (y)CM-Pittsburgh
3 AMNH-5027 Brown-p 1906 Montana 60% M? (n)AMNH-N.Y.
4 LACM-28344 Garbani-a 1966 Montana 25% M (y)LACM-L.A.
5 LACM-28345 Garbani-a 1966 Montana 25% ? (n)LACM-L.A.
6 SDSM-12047 Floden-a 1980 S.Dakota 25% M? (y)SDSMT-Rapid City
7 TMP.81.12.1 Sternberg-c 1946 Alberta 25% M (y)RTM-Drumheller
8 TMP.81.6.1 Student-a 1981 Alberta 70% F (y)RTM-Drumheller
9 MOR-009 Hager-p 1981 Montana 25% ? (n)MOR-Bozeman
10 MOR-555 Wankel-a 1988 Montana 80%+ M (n)MOR-Bozeman
11 BHI-2033 Hendrickson-a 1990 S.Dakota 90%+ F (n)BHIGR-Hill City
12 BHI-3033 Sacrison-a 1992 S.Dakota 80%+ M? (y)BHIGR-Hill City
13 MOR-008 ?????? ???? ????? 40%skull F (n)MOR-Bozeman
14 Bowman Pearson-a 1993 N.Dakota ??? ? Bowman,ND
15 Duffy Sacrison-a 1993 S.Dakota 20%+ M? BHIGR-Hill City
16 ???? 1994 Saskatch. ??? ?
17 BHI- 1994 S.Dakota ??? F? BHIGR-Hill City
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* p-degreed paleontologist
c-professional collector
a-amateur
** On display? - (y)yes (n)no
BM=British Museum
CM=Carnegie Museum
AMNH=American Museum of Natural History
LACM=Los Angeles County Museum
SDSMT=South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
RTM=Royal Tyrell Museum (Alberta)
MOR=Museum of the Rockies
BHIGR=Black Hills Institute of Geological Research
also Black Hills Museum of Natural History Foundation
NOTES:
BHI-2033 is SUE
BHI-3033 is Stan
Duffy is still being excavated.
There are 2 skeletal morphotypes: a robust form thought to be female
a gracile form thought to be male.
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P.S. For those of you following the SUE case, it seems that Hugh O'Garas
article on Sep 20 was either premature or caused the parties to hold
off, since the Institute is still preparing to go to trial.